Halogen Collector Test Program (open access)

Halogen Collector Test Program

Report documenting the Halogen Collector Test program, which was undertaken to provide "methods of removing trace quantities of radioactive iodine from an air stream" (p. 1). The report includes designs of the program and the test facility, test results, analysis of these results, and encountered problems. Appendices begin on page 38.
Date: March 1, 1960
Creator: Arthur D. Little, Inc.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Final Design Report: DR-1 Gas Loop (open access)

Final Design Report: DR-1 Gas Loop

Report describing the performance, fission product tolerance, design, and costs of the DR-1 Gas Loop, which is an in-reactor test facility.
Date: March 1961
Creator: Baars, R. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Heavy-Water-Moderated Power Reactors: a Status Report (open access)

Heavy-Water-Moderated Power Reactors: a Status Report

From introduction: "Evaluation of the present economic and technological status of power reactors that are cooled and moderated by heavy water and fueled with natural uranium."
Date: March 1960
Creator: Babcock, Dale Friend
System: The UNT Digital Library
Plutonium Spike Fuel Elements for the Plutonium Recycle Test Reactor: Part 1 - The Mark 1-G (open access)

Plutonium Spike Fuel Elements for the Plutonium Recycle Test Reactor: Part 1 - The Mark 1-G

Report describing "[t]he fabrication of of the first aluminum-plutonium spike enrichment fuel elements for the Plutonium Recycle Test Reactor (PRTR) at Hanford" Laboratory (p. 2).
Date: March 1961
Creator: Freshley, M. D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gamma-Ray Spectrometry of Neutron-Deficient Isotopes: Annual Progress Report, March 1964 (open access)

Gamma-Ray Spectrometry of Neutron-Deficient Isotopes: Annual Progress Report, March 1964

From abstract: "The objective of this program is to produce a set of pulse-height spectra representing the response of a standard gamma-ray scintillation spectrometer to radiations emitted in the decay of neutron-deficient nuclides."
Date: March 27, 1964
Creator: Heath, R. L. & Cline, J. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fire Test of Wooden-Jacket Shield for Radioisotope Shipping Container (open access)

Fire Test of Wooden-Jacket Shield for Radioisotope Shipping Container

"This report covers fire tests conducted on an experimental design of a wooden-jacket shield for radioisotope shipping containers" (p. i).
Date: March 23, 1964
Creator: Horn, Leonard H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Factors Affecting Fluidization of Uranium Trioxide Powders (open access)

Factors Affecting Fluidization of Uranium Trioxide Powders

Study of factors, such as the average particle size and particle-size distribution, which affect the fluidization properties of uranium trioxide powders.
Date: March 1, 1958
Creator: Johnson, B. M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Design and Economic Evaluation of Mobile Blankets for Fast Reactors (open access)

Design and Economic Evaluation of Mobile Blankets for Fast Reactors

Report evaluating the design characteristics and limitations of mobile blankets for breeder reactors. This also includes economic considerations for each tested blanket. Appendices begin on page 40.
Date: March 10, 1964
Creator: Klickman, A. E.; Ball, G. L.; Edwards, J. J.; Jens, W. H.; Segal, B. M.; Amorosi, A. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Cold Pressing of Sinterable UO₂ (open access)

The Cold Pressing of Sinterable UO₂

The intent of this work was to explore more fully the pressing of sinterable UO2 powders into cylindrical compacts in the hope that a more precise prediction of green density in terms of powder properties, pressure, and geometry could be evolved.
Date: March 27, 1961
Creator: Levey, R. P., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Automatic Mass Spectrometer for Isotopic Analysis of Lithium (open access)

Automatic Mass Spectrometer for Isotopic Analysis of Lithium

Report discussing an improvement program on lithium mass spectrometers.
Date: March 15, 1962
Creator: McBryde, W. T. & Gammon, E. F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Portable Mercury Vapor Detector (open access)

Portable Mercury Vapor Detector

From abstract: "This report describes a functional mercury vapor detector which is a portable, self-contained, survey instrument, and had a minimum range from zero to two-tenths milligram of mercury per cubic meter of air."
Date: March 14, 1958
Creator: McMurray, C. S. & Redmond, J. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Specifications for Swaged UO2 19-Rod Cluster, PRTR Fuel Element Mark 1 (open access)

Specifications for Swaged UO2 19-Rod Cluster, PRTR Fuel Element Mark 1

Specifications including detail dimension, materials, fabrication steps, acceptance criteria, and final assembly steps for the swaged uranium dioxide, 19-rod cluster Plutonium Recycle Test Reactor fuel element.
Date: March 15, 1960
Creator: Millhollen, M. K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Magnetic Force Welding Sintered Aluminum Powder Materials (open access)

Magnetic Force Welding Sintered Aluminum Powder Materials

Report discussing the use of sintered aluminum powder for nuclear fuel cladding. This report includes descriptions of pertinent materials and experimental procedures.
Date: March 1962
Creator: Mills, L. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Results of ATR Sample Fuel Plate Irradiation Experiment (open access)

Results of ATR Sample Fuel Plate Irradiation Experiment

From abstract: "Fuel materials proposed for use in the Advanced Test Reactor were evaluated."
Date: March 23, 1964
Creator: Phillips Petroleum Company
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Convective Magnetohydrodynamic Channel Flow (open access)

A Study of Convective Magnetohydrodynamic Channel Flow

Analysis of a class of steady magnetohydrodynamic channel flow problems when natural, as well as forced, convection is important.
Date: March 1965
Creator: Singer, Ralph M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Plutonium Recycle Test Reactor Final Safeguard Analysis: Supplement 4, Gas-Cooled Loop Anaysis (open access)

Plutonium Recycle Test Reactor Final Safeguard Analysis: Supplement 4, Gas-Cooled Loop Anaysis

Plutonium Recycle Test Reactor (PRTR) final safeguards analysis involving a gas-cooled loop.
Date: March 1962
Creator: Wittenbrock, N. G.
System: The UNT Digital Library